[dba-VS] TypeScript

[Gustav Brock]

Hi all

It is on-line again, now slightly revised:

    https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-typescript-microsoft-dev201x-0

/gustav

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Fra: dba-VS <dba-vs-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>
Sendt: 12. maj 2015 20:53
Til: Development in Visual Studio
Emne: Re: [dba-VS] TypeScript

Hi Gustav:

Congratulations! :-)

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: "Development in Visual Studio" <dba-vs at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 4:17:00 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-VS] TypeScript

Hi Arthur et al

I managed to pass the course. It was a bit more difficult than expected because the instructors and the homework insist on a rigid use of interfaces even for the tiniest purpose - they call them baby interfaces -like:

    interface IArtStyle {
        name: string;
    }

Thus you get a tiny class like:

    class ArtStyle implements IArtStyle {
        name: string;
        constructor(artStyle: IArtStyle) {
            this.name = artStyle.name;
        }
    }

Effectively, as you can see, this holds nothing more than a string.
But it demonstrates the power of strong typing.

Also the option for classes, inheritance, and modules (namespaces) really turns Javascript into a low-level language compared to TypeScript.

It took me many hours to create the final piece of code - until I found out that the provided JSON file was buggy. But, hey, isn't that real life? Never trust an unknown data source.

/gustav

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Fra: dba-VS [mailto:dba-vs-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Arthur Fuller
Sendt: 28. april 2015 16:34
Til: Development in Visual Studio
Emne: Re: [dba-VS] TypeScript

Gustav,

I too am taking the course. And thanks for the link to SublimeText. I just installed it on two physical boxes, running Windows 8.1 and Debian 14 on the other, plus one VM running Ubuntu. and VoltDB.

I haven't completed the course yet, but am sure liking what I've seen so far.

/Arthur

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Apropos:
>
> There is a free course at 6 x 3-4 hours on TypeScript on-line at edX
> by the two highly qualified instructors Dan Wahlin and Anders
> Hejlsberg (lead architect of C# and core developer on TypeScript in case you are not aware):